Act 3 Checklist (Everything You Don’t Want to Miss)

Talk to Jena

Guess

When you enter Rivington, a girl named Jena will run up and ask for your help since her mother disappeared. Dialog options allow you to help her or simply walk away. She will show up in camp later and can join your party camp permanently if invited to stay.

Deal with the squatters

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Right before you meet Jena, a local nobleman named Arfur can be found shouting at refugees to leave his property. Players can side with Arfur or the refugees. Optionally, an Insight check can reveal that he is worried about the basement, starting to investigate the suspicious toys.

Explore Arfur’s cellar

Side search

You can explore the basement of Arfur’s mansion to find a blackmail letter as part of investigating the suspicious toys.

Investigate the suspicious toys

Side search

Go east to find Manip Nestor in the refugee camp. You can convince him to let you inspect the supplies, and uncover teddy bears for refugee children that have been bombed with explosives.

Talk to Ferg Drogher

Side search

Ferg Drogher can be found in the refugee camp. Talk to him progress Shadowheart’s daughter of darkness Companion Quest – Essential if romancing Shadowheart Baldur’s Gate 3.

Help the devilish ox

Side search

The strange Ox returns in Act 3 if spoken in Acts 1 and 2. Players can help it sneak into the city proper.

Feed the mind flyer

Side search

Players can follow a trail of blood into an abandoned windmill in the fields east of Rivington. Inside is a newborn mind flyer that can be killed for loot or fed brains in return for an Illithid skill point.

Explore the Rivington Well

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Crawl down Rivington’s well to find some dead refugees that can be looted. This is one of the easiest things to miss in Act 3.

Find the missing letters

Side search

Players can chat with the supervisor at Sword Coast Couriers and help find some missing characters. The missing characters can be found on top of the Open Hand Temple, along with Tara, A tressey (winged cat) that belonged to Galle.

Find the original owner of Scratch

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Players can talk to the caretaker at the Sword Coast Curriers Kennels about scratching. She turns out to be abusive to her dogs and can be Intimidated into leaving.

Trade with Zara the mummy

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Players can trade with Zara for dyes and face paints.

Win Akabi’s Spin The Wheel Jackpot

Side search

The Djinni Akabi runs a rigged Spin the Wheel contest, providing trash and comical items. Players can outsmart him and win, at which point he sends the winner on a little side adventure to the distant land of Chult.

Get a love reading from Zethino

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Players can test the strength of their romance with a love reading from the Dryad Zethino.

Commission a statue of yourself

Guess

You can commission a statue of yourself for Bonnie and Stoney’s camp. The statue can be in full armor, camp clothes, or completely naked, and gives a permanent Bless buff to the character depicted.

Watching B-‘dribbles the clowns

Side search

Players can watch Dribbles the Clown’s comedy routine, with disastrous results. In the aftermath, players can talk to the circus master Lucretious to help you find the body parts of Dribble the Clown.

Solve the open hand temple murders

Side search

Players can visit the Open Hand Temple and investigate the recent murder of Father Lorgan. The true culprits can be found beneath the temple, a chilling introduction to the Bhaal cult.

Help the cursed monk

Side search

Players who obtained the Sentient Amulet from the Adamantine Forge can complete this quest by finding Shirra Klarven in the crypt of the Open Hand Temple.

Help the underdog

Side search

Players can follow the coast below the cliffs north of Rivington to find the Guild, Baldur’s Gate’s main criminal gang, Fighting against a new gang led by the mysterious Stone Lord.

Talk to the guru

companion search

Players can encounter the Gur tribe on the outskirts of Rivington. They ask for help hunting down the vampire lord Cazador. This is important for Astarion’s companion quest, especially if you are romancing Astarion Baldur’s Gate 3.

Accept the Ironhand Gnomes

Side search

While attempting to pass the Steel Watcher at the gates, the checkpoint will be attacked by gnomes. Players can track them down and Talk to Wulbren and Barcus if either or both were rescued in Acts 1 and 2. This starts a quest to investigate the Steel Watch Foundry in the Lower City.

Visit Fraygo’s Flophouse

Side search

Players can visit the upper floors of Fraygo’s Flophouse to find definitive evidence for solving the Open Hand Temple murders. Two vampire spawn can also be found here and can be intimidated by Astarion to provide more information for his companion quest.

Visit Raphael in Shares’ range

Side search

Players can talk to the devil Raphael at Shares’ chain. Raphael will debate with Kithrak Wass about Prince Orpheus and Will offer players a deal to free Orpheus. You can choose to take Raphael’s deal and ultimately whether you side with Orpheus or the Emperor.

Find the stern librarian Fion

Side search

Players can help Mamzell Amira find the Stern Librarian Ffion. Her body is under the bed in the Bhaal cultist’s room in Fraygo’s Flophouse. In return, she will provide discounts for visits to some of Baldur’s Gate 3s One-time romance partners.

Report back to Inspector Valeria

Side search

Players can also deliver their report on the murder investigation to Inspector Valeria in Shares’ chain. Valeria will not be interested but tells players to follow his colleague in the Lower City. This allows you to enter the Lower City.

Track down Arfur

Guess

Arfur Gregorio can be found at Shares’ Caress. Players can scare him to find that he boobytraps the teddy bears using supplies from Felogyr’s Fireworks in the lower town. He also gives a pass to enter Wyrm’s Rock.

Disable the style watch

Main search

Players can enter the Steel Watch Foundry near the Lower City Docks to disable the Steel Watch. It is revealed that the Gondians were forced by Gortash’s Lakes, starting to save the Gondians. Players can destroy the foundry immediately with the Ironhand Gnomes’ runepowder bomb, or Work with Zanner Toobin to destroy it and also save the Gondians.

Save the Gondians and Iron Throne prisoners

Main search

Explore Flymm Cargo on the opposite side of the docks to find Redhammer, a dwarf piloting a submarine down to the Iron Throne, an underwater prison. The families of the Gondians are kept here as leverage, along with Wyll’s father, Duke Ravengard and Omeluum. Saving the Iron Throne Prisoners is very challenging because you have a limited number of turns to save as many prisoners as you can.

Take on the Ironhands / Save the Gondians

Side search

Once the Steel Watch Foundry is destroyed, Wulbren will arrive with the Ironhand Gnomes and demand that any surviving Gondians be killed. Players can side with the Ironhands or the Gondians to recruit them as allies. Wulbren can also be intimidated or convinced to give his leadership to Barkus so that players win both sides as allies.

Get Gortash’s Netherstone

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Destroying the Foundry or Iron Throne will end Gortash’s bond with the player. He can be confronted and defeated at Wyrm’s Rock, allowing you to claim his Netherstone. This also progresses Karlach’s companion quest.

Investigate the murders

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Players can track down eight potential murder victims in the Lower City. Players can rescue Figaro Pennygood, the latest target, from Dolor, a dwarf assassin and would-be assassin of Bhaal, to Gain access to Bhaal’s Murder Tribunal. Alternatively, players can kill the targets themselves Impress the murder tribunal.

Face the murder tribunal

Main search

Once you defeat Dolor or kill all your targets, you can take their hands to Candulhallow’s Tombstones and face the murder tribunal. Players will face Sarevok Anchev and can either fight Sarevok or swear allegiance to Bhaal by killing Inspector Valeria.

Get Orin’s Netherstone

Main search

Once you’re done with the murder tribunal, you can enter the Temple of Bhal in the Undercity sewers to confront Orin. Players can defeat her when she transforms into the Monstrous Slayer and claim her Netherstone.

Save Orin’s victim

Main search

Orin threatens to kill the man she kidnapped from the camp. They can be saved by dialog checks. Alternatively, if players sneak into her quarters and Use Talk to the dead
On Orin’s mother’s corpse, Orin can be distracted from killing her victim without checks.

Enter the House of Hope

Side search

Players can complete the House of Hope by seeking help from the diabolical Helsik in the Lower City. This involves stealing the Orphic Hammer and defeating Raphael. If Yurgir was saved in Act 2, he will tell the party about Helsinki. Alternatively, you can speak to her in the Devil’s Charge and pass Perception checks to ask her about her services.

Save hope

Side quest

Hope will be encountered shortly after entering the House of Hope and must be freed using the Orphic Hammer. If you agree to help her, she will help guide you around the house. Once you have the hammer, run back and free her, after which you’ll need to defeat Raphael to complete your quest.

Escape the deal

Side search

Players can also steal their contract if they accept Raphael’s deal.

Help kithrock what

Side search

Players can show the Orphic Hammer to Kithrak Voss. He will leave, and players will eventually get the chance to free Orpheus near the end of the game. however, This leads to the Emperor joining the Absolute.

The Githyanki Warrior

companion search

Depending on your previous actions, getting the Orphic Hammer and freeing Orpheus may complete Lae’zel’s companion quest.

Asterion

The pale eleven

Find and beat Cazador in the Szarr Palace. Players can convince Astarion to stay as he is or to advance. This affects whether he releases or kills the vampire spawn. If freed, players gain the gure as allies in the final battle.

Gale

The Wizard of Waterdeep

Steal the annals of Carsus from Sorcerous Sandries. Gale will then have an audience with Mystra; Players can encourage him to pursue his ambitions or return the crown of Karsus to Mystra to become her chosen one again.

Jaheira

The High Harper

Visit the guild in the guildhall; Players may have already won their favor by defeating the Stone Lord’s minions in Rivington. Players can then go to the counting house and track down Minsk in the sewers. Recruiting Minsk in Baldur’s Gate 3 Completed Jaheira’s quest.

Shadow

Daughter of darkness

Find and complete the House of Mourning. Depending on your decisions, Shadowheart can either defeat the Sharans and find her parents or take over the Sharan monastery herself and remain loyal to Shar. Remember to use the mirror of Los if possible. Players can too Surrender Shadowheart to gain the Sharans as allies for the final battle.

Will

The Blade of Frontiers

Read the Legend of Ansur and enter the wormway to find and defeat the undead dragon Ansur.

Save Vanra

Side search

You can find Laura at the Basilisk Gate and offer to find her missing daughter Vanra at the Blushing Mermaid Inn. This ties in with the Hag Survivors side quests.

Help/adopt the Hague survivors

Side search

You can find posters for an Anti-Hag Support Group around town and visit them. If Mayrina survived Aunt Ethel in Act 1, she will reappear here. To help the Hague survivors, players can hunt Ethel in the Blushing Mermaid and defeat her for the last time. To save Vanra, make sure to use Hag’s Bane on Ethel before killing her.

Hold the press

Side search

Talk to Astro Steer near the Basilisk Gate, and she’ll explain that the Baldur’s Mouth Gazette is going to print a fake article about the party. Players can sneak inside the Baldur’s Mouth Gazette and change the article to be more favorable. Changing the article is easier if you released the Pixie from the Moonlantern in Act 2.

Visit Rover’s storehouse and the Emperor’s old hideout.

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While saving the killing target Rower, players can clear out rats from his barn at the Elfsong Tavern. The Emperor also has a hideout in the Elfsong that he will reveal while the party is present.

Find the mystic Carrion’s servant

Side search

Enter the secret door to Filgrave’s mansion and talk to Mystic Carrion, the necromancer. He will ask you to track down his servant Thrumbo. However, players can also terminate End Mystic Carrion’s immortality by tracking down and destroying his organs Before defeating him in a boss fight. Make sure to pick up the Torch of Revocation to free the artist.

Send Rocket’s Gold

Side search

While fighting Minsk in the sewers, players can also defeat Roah Moonglow before she runs off to retrieve the stolen gold from the Counting House.

Help the underdog

Side search

After finding Minsk, the gendarmes will attack the guild. Players can enter the guildhouse and join either the guild or the gentians to recruit them as allies.

Find time

Side search

Find time in Baldur’s Gate 3 Is only possible if you saved the refugees in Act 1. She can be found and spoken to in the guildhall.

Find Arabella

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If saved in Act 1 and 2, Arabella can be found in the Lower City sewers and can be recruited for the final battle.

Explore Felogyr’s Fireworks

Side search

If players have investigated the suspicious toys in Rivington, they can complete their investigation by visiting Felogyr’s Fireworks in the Lower City for a potentially explosive encounter.

Free the artist

Side search

If rescued in Act One, Oskar Fevras can be found at Lady Jannath’s Estate. Players can help him by investigating the haunting of the estate.

Find the Nightsong

Side search

You may have found the Nightsong in Act 2 and can track down the wizard Loroakan in Ramazith’s Tower (Sorcerous Sundries) to confront him about sending adventurers to find the Nightsong. You can help Lorroakan or the Nightsong to win or as an ally.

Accept the drowned

Side search

Talk to Allandra Gray in the Water Queen’s house near the docks about a monster that killed a man swimming in Gray Harbor. This refers to Redhammer and his submarine. After rescuing the Iron Throne prisoners, players can either give Redhammer to the Umberlees or side with him against them.

Free Counselor Florrick

Side search

Read the execution notice on the gallows near the basilisk gate. This leads you back to Wyrm’s Rock Prison, where you can stage a prison break to save and recruit Counselor Florric as an ally. If not saved in 5 long rests, she will be executed.

Save Volo

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If rescued from the goblin camp in Act 1, Volo can be found near the docks about to be executed by a mob. You can recruit Volo as an ally by stopping the mob.